July 27, 2010

Just An Interesting Observation

This Hollywood film, released in 2010, by one of the most famous filmmakers of our time has Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role. The protagonist has lost his wife but keeps having visions of her. And circumstances have forced him to stay out of his homeland, though he badly wants to return. The film's biggest strength is the way it plays with real and unreal, and the last shot of the film - one important visual motif, keeps it open-ended, or tries its best, to leave us wondering whether the entire film was a dream!

Which film am I talking about?

Your instinctive answer would be 'Inception'.

But, what about Martin Scorsese's 'Shutter Island'? Go back to the first para and you will observe - this interesting connection between the two films. A good trivia for quizzers. And I'm sure these films will share some Academy Awards nominations as well.

On a different note, I am planning to plant an idea into the minds of some of our biggest financiers and producers. Perhaps I'll go to Ashtavinayak. They spent more than Rs 120 crore on a movie called 'Blue' last year, without caring to look at the script. I would use the art of 'inception' and convince them to give that amount to me: I'll make an entire career out of that amount. Would make at least 15 films which, together, will recover the cost as well. Some will win, some will lose, but in the end, Ashtavinayak will end with profits, unlike their water-adventure that shares its name with my favourite film of all time, from Kieslowski's 'Colour Trilogy'. (I can not forgive them for this sin and would plant some sick perversions in their minds too.)

All details for the desired 'inception' have been planned, including the designs of the different levels of dream-consciousness. I have also selected a 'totem' - a miniature Rubik's cube that has a faulty colour scheme. Seems everything is done and I'm raring to go. There is one problem, though.

3 comments:

Interesting :) The first idea that most film makers here need to be imbued with is that a good movie ,generally,works its way up from a good script and not the other way round .. I can only share the perspective of an outsider, but from the look of it , as long as we keep on assembling formulas and then find a half-decent script to somehow justify their presence ,the quality will suffer.. Christopher Nolan started off with a "Following" and worked his way up .. Wheels are already turning ,see no reason why you cant do the same and have your own magnum opus in due time :) Hope you land the 120 crores soon !!P.S. - my first thought when 'Inception' ended was "Thank God , it didn't close like Shutter Island " ..dont know what brought that out :)

rightly said. ( ohri this side) . the other day while chatting abt inception wid taneja ,the topic of caprio's similar roles in both the films came up.since the last film of his which i saw was shutter island..it was very clear why i felt that way. infact i was critical enuf to point out that maybe after all his efforts to escape getting typecast in a certain image ( as he tried and succeeded after titanic).. which he in an interview to rollingstones said was the most difficult thing to do.... he was for the first time closer to square one.

P.S. I started the 'Must Watch' recommendations in September 2010. Before that I had watched several movies that must feature in this list. But in order to save myself from the useless and predictable exercise of recommending all great movies, I decided to follow a simple eligibility criterion: The movies recommended here would be among those I watched or re-watched since September 2010. So please do not be surprised if 'Cinema Paradiso' or 'Apocalypse Now' (which are, in my opinion, definite Must Watch) do not feature in here. They will find a place in the list the day I re-watch them.